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iXBRL Showing fractions or numbers as text

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Is there any way to have a fraction/number shown in your document as "one-third" and tag it for iXBRL without using a phantom fact?  I am familiar with showing numbers as words, but don't see this type of format as an option. Now that we are on Next Gen we are trying to avoid phantom facts to the extent possible. 

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  • Mike

    Hello and welcome to the Community, Lori!

    At this time, its not possible to have the value show as "one-third" in the document and tag it that way, so you'll need to phantom tag this in this case. Holler if there are any questions on the above, or you need anything. Thanks for contributing and happy Halloween! 🎃

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  • Juaque Swanepoel

    Hi Mike, 

    Any feedback on this?

    On classic we tagged 33.33% in a phantom section and it seems that inline doesn't like phantom tagging. Shows as hidden fact.

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  • Mike

    Hi Juaque!

    Yes, while "one-third" is not an option to be displayed as a value, if you are using "one-third", that would need to be tagged in a non-printing section as a phantom tag, which although iXBRL is less a fan of, it is still perfectly acceptable. Otherwise you can tag in your document the value of 33.33%. Does that make sense?

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  • Juaque Swanepoel

    It does make sense we will need to phantom tag a couple of concepts.

    Hopefully, Workiva will at some point add this to the list and maybe even allow custom naming.

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